Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nonprofit · Grant recipient Also a grantmaker → Cambridge, MA EIN 04-2103594

Funding Overview

From IRS Form 990 filings · 2025–2026

Total received

$160.3M

Foundation funders

173

Grants recorded

200

Years covered

2025–2026

Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is funded by 173 grantmakers, led by Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego ($31.0M), Jewish Communal Fund ($17.9M), MIT International Inc ($16.4M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $160.3M in grants to Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 2025–2026.

FunderTotal givenGrantsYears
Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego$31,034,37812025
Jewish Communal Fund$17,925,78022025
MIT International Inc$16,365,00012025
National Philanthropic Trust$10,185,99712025
The Broad Institute Inc$7,032,37512025
The Morningside Foundation$6,000,00012025
The Pew Charitable Trusts$5,850,19022025
Good Ventures Foundation$5,292,57452025
The Edward and Caroline Hyman Family$4,959,84612025
President and Fellows of Harvard College$4,945,52912025
Cornell University$2,627,22112025
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University$2,500,00012025
Trustees of Boston University$1,959,03812025
University of Southern California$1,956,73012025
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$1,837,29412025
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc$1,825,54912025
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc$1,740,77212025
Northwestern University$1,724,58812025
Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc$1,375,36612025
University of Pittsburgh$1,374,00012025
University of Notre Dame du Lac$1,159,58512025
Trustees of Tufts College$1,134,07312025
California Community Foundation$1,050,47212025
The Simsmaes Foundation Inc$1,049,96012025
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$1,000,00012025
Show all 173 funders
Gray Foundation$932,28012025
Brown Emma S Udecl 31279$787,75322025–2026
Johns Hopkins University$731,43912025
Probalistic Computing Foundation Inc$650,00012025
Suc Tuw Kingsley Gillespie CRT$614,15112025
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation$602,38562025
The V Foundation$600,00012025
The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck$600,00022025
Sunlin and Priscilla Chou Foundation$572,33412025
SYYK Foundation$500,00012025
Deshpande Foundation Inc$500,00012025
The Esther a & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Inc$500,00022025
University of Chicago$475,02312025
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund$461,00022025
Boston Foundation Inc$459,74822025
Brown University$429,65912025
Carnegie Corporation of New York$400,50032025
The Charles & Marjorie Holloway$400,00012025
Eagles Autism Challenge Inc$400,00012025
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$396,94012025
Afeyan Family Foundation$360,00012025
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$351,79712025
The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley$348,55312025
Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation$335,00022025
Yale University$320,37912025
American Heart Association Inc$313,28012025
Virgil F Halliburton Trust Commerce Trust Trustee$302,45312025
Martin R Prince Charitable$300,00012025
Klaus-Jurgen Bathe Charitable Foundation$300,00012025
Richard J Resch Foundation Ltd$300,00012025
Huntington's Disease Foundation$300,00022025
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$299,69312025
National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education Inc$299,12412025
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$287,47712025
Institute of International Education Inc$286,31712025
The Mountz Family Foundation$280,00012025
The Scripps Research Institute$276,98512025
Emory University$274,75812025
Carnegie Mellon University$262,87112025
Fireside Foundation$259,75212025
Marin Community Foundation$255,00012025
West Virginia University Research Corporation$250,39312025
E Schwartz Charitable Foundation XXXXX7006$250,00012025
Cancer Research Institute Inc$243,00012025
Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy$240,00012025
The Ayco Charitable Foundation$231,00012025
The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for$221,60032025
Earthscope Consortium$217,00012025
The Chicago Community Trust$210,50012025
Jonathan and Kora Hinton Foundation Inc$200,00012025
The Wu and Yan Family Foundation$200,00012025
Seeding the Future Foundation$200,00012025
The Computing Research Association Inc$195,33512025
The Martello Family Foundation$192,00012025
Lehigh University$185,92622025
F W & C S Adams Memorial Fund$172,50012025
Charities Aid Foundation America$170,46012025
Breakthrough T1D$169,24412025
The Swartz Foundation$165,00012025
Arthur Raymond Brooks Trust$162,53112025
American Museum of Natural History$154,67612025
Ivy Head Family Foundation$150,00012025
BT Charitable Foundation$150,00012025
The Bluebell Foundation$150,00012025
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc$149,13022025–2026
Uw Robert Black Charitable Fdn$144,00012025
Renaissance Philanthropy Fund$142,98712025
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$142,46612025
Hispanic Scholarship Fund$131,53622025–2026
Washington University$115,57912025
Bovenkerk Harold P Scholarship Tr$114,26212025
Edward P Clark Memorial Tr$102,89612025
Appaloosa Management Charitable$100,00012025
Trustees of Dartmouth College$100,00012025
William and Bernice Bumpus Fdn$100,00012025
J Crayton Pruitt Foundation Inc$100,00012025
The Eastin Foundation$100,00012025
Eric P & Evelyn E Newman Charitable$100,00012025
Whitehall Foundation Inc$100,00012025
EGL Charitable Foundation$97,52312025
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley$97,06212025
The Stanton Foundation$89,99712025
William G McGowan Charitable Fund$86,55012025
Leon Hyzen Travel SCHL Trust$83,22212025
Life Sciences Research Foundation$77,00012025
Brater Eric FBO MIT Char Ta$75,33112025
Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable Tr$75,00012026
Wellcome Leap Inc$65,65612025
Rochester Area Community Foundation$65,30222025
Edwin S Webster Foundation$65,00012025
Trustees of Boston College$63,36412025
The Fane and Corie Opperman Foundation$62,50012025
Stony Brook Foundation Inc$60,00012025
American-Italian Cancer Foundation$60,00012025
LUN Wang Family Foundation$60,00012025
Lillian C Moore Trust$56,91012025
John P Schmidt and Dorothy E Schmidt Family Foundation Inc$55,00012025
Motorola Solutions Foundation$55,00012025
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$54,94812025
Frankel Family Foundation$50,00012025
The Spencer Foundation$50,00012025
Thomas G Evans Foundation$50,00012025
Elliot K Wolk Family Foundation Inc$50,00012025
Community Foundation of the Napa Valley$50,00012025
The San Francisco Foundation$50,00012025
Hydrino Energy Charitable Trust$46,00012025
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc$45,60012025
Ud Klingler Charitable Fdn$43,91112025
The San Diego Foundation$39,50012025
F J Ryan Memorial Scholarship Fund Tr Uw$38,74912025
Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc$38,00022025
Hope Funds for Cancer Research$37,90012025
The Whitehead Charitable Foundation$37,50012025
Alana USA Foundationinc$37,00012025
Council on Library and Information Resources$36,15112025
Harvey Family Foundation$35,00012025
The George Washington University$32,67812025
Pasadena Community Foundation$30,00012025
Walter & Olivia Kiebach Foundation$30,00012025
The Seaver Institute$30,00012025
MIT Club of Northern California$30,00012025
The SVRCEK Foundation$30,00012025
CO2 Foundation$27,55012025
Evergreen Foundation$27,00012025
The Henri E Rosen Foundation$25,30012025
Loveley George J-Tr$25,14012025
Howard and Amy Finkelstein$25,00012025
Proteus Foundation$25,00012025
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc$25,00012025
The Royso Foundation$25,00012025
Harry and ZOE Poole Foundation$25,00012025
American Council of Learned Societies$24,99812025
The Tidor Family Foundation Ima$20,00012025
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$20,00012025
Quigley & Heffernan Family Charitable$20,00012025
The Grant and Jacqui Smith Foundation$20,00012025
Ernst & Young Foundation$20,00012025
Wheless Foundation$20,00012025
Lester I Beal Memorial Scholarship Fund$19,51612025
Greenberg Victoria R Tr Uw Mem Sch$18,50012025
Horizons Foundation$15,50012025
Memorial Fund of Phi Beta Epsilon$15,25012026
Frank G Darlington Foundation$15,24812025
Cordover Family Foundation$15,00012025
Blumberg Foundation Inc$7,50012026
Grodzins Fund$7,00012026
George Holopigian Memorial Fund$2,37512026
Paul & Carol Horvitz Foundation$10012026

Funding over time

Grant dollars and counts received per year

$0$50M$100M$150M$200M191 grants2025 9 grants2026

From 2025 to 2026, annual grant giving ranged from $836K (2026) to $159.4M (2025). In 2026 it made 9 grants totaling $836K.

What grants has Massachusetts Institute of Technology received?

Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first

YearFunderPurposeAmount
2026Brown Emma S Udecl 31279UNRESTRICTED GENERAL$531,627
2026Hispanic Scholarship FundTO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS$114,187
2026T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMULTIPLE$82,630
2026Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable TrGENERAL SUPPORT$75,000
2026Memorial Fund of Phi Beta EpsilonHigher education institution reserch funds scholarships$15,250
2026Blumberg Foundation IncGENERAL FUNDPUBLIC CHARITY$7,500
2026Grodzins FundEDUCATION$7,000
2026George Holopigian Memorial FundSCHOLARSHIPS$2,375
2026Paul & Carol Horvitz FoundationTo support this leading non-profit reseseach university$100
2025Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoGENERAL$31,034,378
2025MIT International IncFundraising Transfers$16,365,000
2025National Philanthropic TrustEDUCATION$10,185,997
2025Jewish Communal FundIN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE$8,962,890
2025Jewish Communal FundIN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE$8,962,890
2025The Broad Institute IncRESEARCH$7,032,375
2025The Morningside FoundationGENERAL USE - EDUCATION$6,000,000
2025The Pew Charitable TrustsPolicy$5,625,190
2025The Edward and Caroline Hyman FamilyCHARITABLE DONATION$4,959,846
2025President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeSPONSORED RESEARCH SUB-AWARD & NON-SPONSORED AWARD$4,945,529
2025Cornell UniversityResearch$2,627,221
2025The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityPAVILION SUPPORT$2,500,000
2025Good Ventures FoundationRESEARCH RELATED TO AI AND COMPUTING TRENDS AND IMPACTS$2,156,056
2025Trustees of Boston UniversityRESEARCH$1,959,038
2025University of Southern CaliforniaRESEARCH SUBAWARD$1,956,730
2025The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkResearch$1,837,294
2025Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy IncSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON DATA FROM HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE AND/OR JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE$1,825,549
2025Charles Stark Draper Laboratory IncRESEARCH/SCHOLAR SUPPORT$1,740,772
2025Northwestern UniversitySupport of research activities$1,724,588
2025Good Ventures FoundationRESEARCH RELATED TO AI AND COMPUTING TRENDS AND IMPACTS$1,652,518
2025Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ IncFED/NONFED AWARDS$1,375,366

Showing 30 most recent of 200 recorded grants.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is funded by 173 grantmakers, led by Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego ($31.0M), Jewish Communal Fund ($17.9M), MIT International Inc ($16.4M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $160.3M in grants to Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 2025–2026.

Who is Massachusetts Institute of Technology's largest funder?

Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego is the largest recorded funder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with $31.0M across 1 grant (2025).

How much grant funding has Massachusetts Institute of Technology received?

IRS 990 filings record $160.3M in grants to Massachusetts Institute of Technology across 200 grants from 173 funders between 2025–2026. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.

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